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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said this before and I think Sen. Sakaja must mention to the Ministry of Health when they meet them. When I listen to Hon. Mutahi Kagwe and sometimes Hon. Mercy Mwangangi, they remind me of my favourite WWF wrestling person called Undertaker. Every time he used to walk into the ring, the lights used to go off and something nasty would happen. The messaging about Covid-19 must change. The People in Makueni County and other places in Kenya do not think there is Covid-19 in the country. They are not taking it seriously because as every Senator says, you have not seen the free sanitizers. I saw Nzioka Waita publishing on Twitter a mask of anything. I think possibly, they need to change their messaging. If possible, they can go to several counties and address them from there. The miracle workers, including the Governor of Murang’a County with a 21 day hospital and an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), these are things that I think there are people who have become jokers. I saw an article in the Daily Nation about a 2- day hospital. This has exposed us to what we have said all along; that counties have paid lip service to the health function. Therefore, Sen. Sakaja, if teachers can get a risk allowance when they are teaching in North Eastern Kenya and those counties considered insecure, why can our doctors and nurses not get a risk or appreciation allowance? Just something out of the money that the Government is collecting. I find it inconsistent for the Government to fly a chopper – I have said this before and I will say it on record – to appreciate medics and ask God to bless then and they are not appreciating them in terms of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and making sure they are safe together with their families. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sakaja mentioned about the regulations which they keep changing. The question about Siaya County and who should be buried---. Sen. Faki told us in the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, that they buried a gentleman in Mombasa County. Since he is a Muslim, his children were outside. That number of 15 excluded his family. Is 15, for purposes of burying these victims, a number that is cast in stone? That must be addressed because there are people who have four wives. The late Akuku Danger had as many wives as you can imagine. The Committee must address this matter because we are in the process of stigmatizing the disease and also jeopardising some very sensitive things about burial rights. You know how, Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko, you consider burials. We do the same. Please, can we find some humanity in the way we do these things; the software and hardware?"
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